Dear Parents,
Tonight was great! Your teens showed true signs of "gelling" as a group. There was less "side-talking" (okay there was some, but it was less, they showed consideration to one another, nice interactions. Also they were simply more efficient and focused than during the last meeting, even though three week have elapsed.
We worked on updating LUNCH Points for many of your children. If you do not see any new behaviors when you log into the program, it is because your child did not request it. Remember, the purpose is to help them remember one or two simple things they can, and should, be doing on a regular basis. We will work on behaviors that you have targeted for group later on. Right now, we just need to get the "mechanism working."
If there is a behaivor you think it would benefit your child to target, suggest it when you get closer to the next meeting, in two weeks. Remind them to bring it up and, if you wish, send me an email. If they remember, let them know it is good for a "Hero Ticket."
In addition to working on LUNCH Points, they participated in making a group animation, which will apparently have another segment in the future. Everyone from group participated. Some may have chosen a character, a sound effect, scene change, or dialogue, but everyone participated.
They had dinner at Gelsons tonight, mainly because of the parent meeting. They ate outside and, according to Lindsay and Stacy, socialized or played games after they finished eating.
The parent meeting had the best attendance we've seen in a long, long time. Congratulations! We reviewed enhancements to the website and LUNCH Points, general strategies and information, e.g., do you take things away from your child? If so, how do you do it in an effective, learning, learning based manner?
Finally, the parents made a request, which has turned into a decision. The parent tele-conferences will stop and be replaced by..... Parent Dinners. We are planning to have them occur every other month, starting in December on the 2nd Thursday of the month. The meeting place and exact time will be sent to you.
We will still conduct tele-conferences on occasion, however this will be primarily for teaching about technology used in the program.
Finally, there is a closed social network available and we discussed some of the details regarding that.
Your kids threw their own trash away and seemed to enjoy themselves. I will dicate audio summaries after next session.
That's all for now.
Bruce
